20 Years Later, Angel’s Scorched-Earth Series Finale Is Still the Perfect Ending

This show man. Nobody was expecting it to be so good. Still remember watching Fred have the worst bloodless death in the history of live action television. In a show where they know the afterlife is real and good guys go to heaven and some get brought back to life, Fred, the sweetest character, played by the beautiful Amy Acker, has her eternal soul slowly destroyed by and elder god who hollows out and takes up residence in her body for the rest of the show. Illyria was awesome but the implications of having your soul destroyed in the Buffyverse in particular was fuuuuucked up.